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{{Infobox album
| name         = The World of the Partridge Family
| type         = compilation
| artist       = [[The Partridge Family]]
| cover        = The World of the Partridge Family.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = April 1974
| recorded     = 1970–1973 released in 1974
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length       = 58:27
| label        = [[Bell Records|Bell]]
| producer     = [[Wes Farrell]]
| prev_title   = [[Bulletin Board (album)|Bulletin Board]]
| prev_year    = 1973
| next_title   = [[Greatest Hits (Partridge Family album)|Greatest Hits]]
| next_year    = 1989
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref Name=AM1>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000849350 |label=Review |first=Lindsay |last=Planer |accessdate=18 March 2020 }}</ref>
}}
'''''The World of the Partridge Family''''' is a [[greatest hits album|greatest hits]] compilation album by [[The Partridge Family]] released in April 1974. This was their only two-record set as well as their last release on the [[Bell Records|Bell]] label, featuring 20 songs from the previous albums (except ''Christmas Card'' and ''Crossword Puzzle''), including all their charted hits.

Shortly after this release, which did not chart, Bell Records was sold and renamed [[Arista Records|Arista]].  The album was renumbered as Arista 4021, but no new copies were printed.   Existing copies were merely shipped under the new Arista code number.  Only albums released in 1974 were renumbered; likewise, [[David Cassidy]] solo LP's were also renumbered.

==Track listing==
All tracks in this compilation were featured on the TV show

{{track listing
| headline          = Side one
| extra_column      = Original album
| title1            = [[I Think I Love You]]
| extra1            = ''[[The Partridge Family Album]]'' (1970)
| writer1           = [[Tony Romeo]]
| length1           = 2:52
| title2            = Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque
| extra2            = ''The Partridge Family Album''
| writer2           = Tony Romeo
| length2           = 3:47
| title3            = She’d Rather Have the Rain
| extra3            = ''[[Up To Date]]'' (1971)
| writer3           = {{hlist|[[Terry Cashman]]|[[Tommy West (producer)|Tommy West]]}}
| length3           = 3:17
| title4            = I Really Want to Know You
| extra4            = ''The Partridge Family Album''
| writer4           = {{hlist|[[Barry Mann]]|[[Cynthia Weil]]}}
| length4           = 2:55
| title5            = [[It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)]]
| extra5            = ''[[Shopping Bag]]'' (1972)
| writer5           = Tony Romeo
| length5           = 3:36
}}

{{track listing
| headline          = Side two
| extra_column      = Original album
| total_length      = 30:50
| title1            = [[Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted]]
| extra1            = ''Up To Date''
| writer1           = {{hlist|Jim Cretecos|[[Mike Appel]]|Wes Farrell}}
| length1           = 2:46
| title2            = Hello, Hello
| extra2            = ''Shopping Bag''
| writer2           = {{hlist|Tony Romeo|Wes Farrell}}
| length2           = 3:57
| title3            = I Can Feel Your Heartbeat
| extra3            = ''The Partridge Family Album''
| writer3           = {{hlist|Jim Cretecos|Mike Appel|Wes Farrell}}
| length3           = 2:05
| title4            = Echo Valley 2-6809
| extra4            = ''[[Sound Magazine]]'' (1971)
| writer4           = {{hlist|Kathy Cooper|[[Rupert Holmes]]}}
| length4           = 3:05
| title5            = [[Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (song)#The Partridge Family version|Breaking Up Is Hard to Do]]
| extra5            = ''[[At Home with Their Greatest Hits]]'' (1972)
| writer5           = {{hlist|[[Neil Sedaka]]|[[Howard Greenfield]]}}
| length5           = 2:30
}}

{{track listing
| headline          = Side three
| extra_column      = Original album
| title1            = [[I'll Meet You Halfway]]
| extra1            = ''Up To Date''
| writer1           = {{hlist|[[Gerry Goffin]]|Wes Farrell}}
| length1           = 3:47
| title2            = [[Oh No Not My Baby]]
| extra2            = ''[[Bulletin Board]]'' (1973)
| writer2           = {{hlist|Gerry Goffin|[[Carole King]]}}
| length2           = 2:38
| title3            = Brown Eyes
| extra3            = ''Sound Magazine''
| writer3           = {{hlist|Danny Janssen|Wes Farrell}}
| length3           = 2:44
| title4            = [[Walking in the Rain (The Ronettes song)|Walking in the Rain]]
| extra4            = ''[[The Partridge Family Notebook]]'' (1972)
| writer4           = {{hlist|Barry Mann|Cynthia Weil|[[Phil Spector]]}}
| length4           = 2:58
| title5            = Only a Moment Ago
| extra5            = ''The Partridge Family Album''
| writer5           = {{hlist|Terry Cashman|Tommy West}}
| length5           = 2:33
}}

{{track listing
| headline          = Side four
| extra_column      = Original album
| total_length      = 27:37
| title1            = [[I Woke Up in Love This Morning]]
| extra1            = ''Sound Magazine''
| writer1           = {{hlist|[[Irwin Levine]]|[[L. Russell Brown]]}}
| length1           = 2:41
| title2            = Friend and a Lover
| extra2            = ''The Partridge Family Notebook''
| writer2           = {{hlist|Wes Farrell|Danny Janssen|Bobby Hart}}
| length2           = 2:29
| title3            = Am I Losing You
| extra3            = ''Shopping Bag''
| writer3           = {{hlist|Irwin Levine|L. Russell Brown}}
| length3           = 2:22
| title4            = Roller Coaster
| extra4            = ''Bulletin Board''
| writer4           = [[Mark James (songwriter)|Mark James]]
| length4           = 2:22
| title5            = [[Looking Through the Eyes of Love]]
| extra5            = ''The Partridge Family Notebook''
| writer5           = {{hlist|Barry Mann|Cynthia Weil}}
| length5           = 3:03
}}

==Production==

*Wes Farrell – Producer
*Robert L. Heimall – Art Direction
*Richard Mantel – Design
*Gene Trindle – Photography
*Titles formerly on Bell 6050, 6059, 6064, 1107, 1111 and 1137.

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name=PF>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The World Of The Partridge Family |others=The Partridge Family |type=liner notes |year=1974 |publisher=[[Bell Records]] |id=1319}}</ref>

==References==
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